Which country in Oceania has the most forest?

Micronesia has the most forest in Oceania: 92% forest (2023). Next come Palau (91% forest) and the Solomon Islands (90% forest).

What is the typical forest area of a country in Oceania?

The median of the 13 countries in Oceania is 52% forest: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

The share of the land under forest: natural or planted stands of trees at least five metres tall, whether productive or not. Source: World Bank, 2023. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in Oceania by forest area

The share of the land under forest: natural or planted stands of trees at least five metres tall, whether productive or not. 13 countries in Oceania, highest first. World Bank, 2023

See it on the map

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Highest

92%

Micronesia

Median country

52%

half above, half below

Lowest

Nauru

Countries in Oceania by forest area, World Bank, 2023
#	Country	% of land	Region
1	Micronesia	92%	Micronesia
2	Palau	91%	Micronesia
3	Solomon Islands	90%	Melanesia
4	Papua New Guinea	79%	Melanesia
5	Fiji	64%	Melanesia
6	Samoa	58%	Polynesia
7	Marshall Islands	52%	Micronesia
8	New Zealand	38%	Australia and New Zealand
9	Vanuatu	36%	Melanesia
10	Australia	17%	Australia and New Zealand
11	Tonga	12%	Polynesia
12	Kiribati	2%	Micronesia
13	Nauru	0%	Micronesia

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

Place	% of land	Status
American Samoa	85%	Territory of United States of America
Northern Mariana Islands	53%	Territory of United States of America
Guam	52%	Territory of United States of America
New Caledonia	46%	Territory of France
French Polynesia	43%	Territory of France

Questions

Which country in Oceania has the most forest?: Micronesia has the most forest in Oceania: 92% forest (2023). Next come Palau (91% forest) and the Solomon Islands (90% forest).
Which country in Oceania has the least forest?: Nauru, with 0% forest (2023).
What is the typical forest area of a country in Oceania?: The median of the 13 countries in Oceania is 52% forest: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?: The share of the land under forest: natural or planted stands of trees at least five metres tall, whether productive or not. Source: World Bank, 2023. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.